Sunday, March 28, 2021

Maus-Spells

Blood Pact

For [DICE] turns, the HP of [SUM] mice is a pool. When this ends, the individuals with the lowest HP have theirs drained fully first.
Recharge: Submerge in the blood of three mice, dead or alive. 
 

Wings

For [DICE] hours, your hands become wings. Lose your hand slots.
Recharge: Do a favour for a flying creature, no charge.
 

Revulsion

For [SUM] turns, you are overcome with a debilitating nausea.
Recharge: Serve a revolting meal on the tablet. The individual must hate it & eat it of their own free will.
 
 

Muck

[DICE] creatures slots are now filled with a sticky, stinking mud. They are encumbered. Takes a full turn to clean enough to carry items, and a long rest to clean fully.
Recharge: Travel in muddy terrain for a full watch. The tablet must be held uncovered in both hands and not be dirtied. 


Iron Tooth

For [SUM] turns, your teeth and jaw become indestructible, able to bite or chew through anything.
Recharge: Open a locked metal chest/box with the spell inside.

forget everything you know and play a game.

I feel swamped. I have so much to read, to play, to analyse, to steal from, to collate, to collect, to admire, to critique. 

Troika!OSEB/XWorldWithoutNumberGodboundScarletHeroesDungeonWorldStarsWithoutNumberElectricBastionlandHeartseekerMorkBorgMausritterIntoTheOddFKRStarFrontieersKnaveTypewriterFantasyMazeRatsGammaWorldWarlock!TekumelGLoGFightingFantasyLabyrinthLordOtherDustCallofCthuluCthuluDarkIronsworn5e4ee3.5eAD&DOD&DChainmailWhiteHackBlackHackMachiattoMonstersTunnelGoonsPbtAFatePathfinderPF2eIndexCardRPGTravellerRuneQuestAnyPlanetIsEarthWeirdNorthDungeonCrawlClassicsWarhammerFantasyRPGMesserspielShadowrunFiveTorchesDeepOffWhiteCubeWhiteBoxFantasySwords&WizardryLamentationsoftheFlamePrincessBestLeftBuriedMothershipNumaBasicFantasySpearsoftheDawnWolvesofGodPariahandandandandandandandandandetcetcetcetcetc

Let's be clear. The best games have been played with nothing but a crappy rulebook, half-understood principles, and some dice. A match was lit in the dark room of Pen & Paper Roleplaying and revealed majesties you still struggle to comprehend. 

All you love was borne from stumbling in the half dark - until, slowly, you began to understand a shape of things. And now you are bored, glutted with syrups and processed mulch. 

Forget all of it. The assumptions, loves, stories and hates. Throw it all away. 

Pick up a book, get some friends, a place, paper, pencils, some dice

and play.